{"id":972,"date":"2011-05-19T12:24:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-19T12:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/inhabitat.com\/bright-ideas-competition\/?p=972"},"modified":"2015-09-03T23:31:10","modified_gmt":"2015-09-03T23:31:10","slug":"green-glass-bottles-recycled-into-poetic-odyssey-suspension-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inhabitat.com\/bright-ideas-competition\/green-glass-bottles-recycled-into-poetic-odyssey-suspension-light\/","title":{"rendered":"Poetic Odyssey Suspension Light Made from Recycled Glass Bottles"},"content":{"rendered":"

Based on a fire hydrant lid designer Ismael Quintero found on Wall Street after 9\/11, the Odyssey Suspension Light<\/a> (2001) was originally realized in ceramic porcelain. After years of revisiting the light and evolving it\u2019s language and meaning, the light was refashioned out of green glass from recycled beer bottles. Green is a very healing color and it was chosen because it ties the piece back to its original landscape. Due to the mixed glass in production, each light has a unique color. To make this a more unifying design, the Latin phrase \u201cNostri Lumen Est Una\u201d adorns the fixture and is translated to mean \u201cOur light is one.\u201d The designer wants people to feel like they\u2019re part of the healing process.<\/p>\n\n\t\t